The main characters in Desperation, by Stephen King, are: David Carver, and John Marinville.
David Carver is the son of Ralph and Ellen Carver and the big brother of Kirsten (Pie) Carver. He is 11 years old and a strong believer in God; he can talk to God at any time he wishes. He likes to be called David, but he would answer to Davey; he absolutely hates to be called Dave. David is skinny and intelligent for his age with bright blue eys. He had almost lost his best friend, Brian, due to a hit and run, when he began to believe in God, and put his full trust in God to heal Brian. His friend gets healed and so David keeps putting all of his trust in God. An example of David's trust is on pages 221- 224 when David's God tells him to soap down his body and squeeze through the jail cell bars. David trusts God, even though there is a coyote watching over the cells making sure they don't escape.
In the beginning, David is scared and emotionally unstable. He is terrified for his life and wonders if he'll ever make it out of Depperation in one piece. "He felt suddenly weak with horror. And vulnerable. How he could feel more vulnerable than..." David is still a kid at heart and depends on those around him to help him with everything he doesn't yet understand. He loves his family more than anything and has a strong connection to his little siste, whom he calls Pie. He feels that nothing can take his family away from him and so he doesn't look out for dangers that lurk nearby. He cradles up to the strength of his peers in hopes that they will protect him. He thinks that he is still too little to do things on his own and be able to understand what he, himself, is going through.
During the course of the novel, David begins to change. He matures much more than most people ever will in their life times. He no longer needs emotional support from his peers and he becomes the group's leader after he helps them escape from the jail. "'We do what God tells us,' David said, 'That's the plan. Come on.' ...It was David who led..." He has seen much more than most boys his age and, emotionally, he has aged thirty years.( For example, he watched his little sister, mother, and father get murdered by the cop, Collie Entragian, and had to kill a Coyote by himself. He has seen more than a dozen dead people and watched more than a dozen die.) He helps lead the group to safe spots and keep them protected and he no longer feels scared and terrified for his life. He believes more than ever in God and that He has a plan for his life, but no matter what that plan brings, it will end in all being good in the world. "God is love."
John Marinville is an author; he writes essays and novels, many of which, were published in magazines around the world. He was married three times, but it is his first wife, Terry, that he remembers most. That memory helps him live, because he thinks about what she would be telling him to do. He marrried Terry when he was 25 and they got along great for a while. They were married for 20 years and had 3 children together. For five years after they divorced, they didn't talk at all, but after a while, they decided that they were being selfish and they started talking again and being kind towards one another. He's still in love with his wife as you can tell in the text on page 73. "...she also spoke to him with a straight forward kindness that he found soothing, like a cool hand on a hot brow." He likes to call her and talk to her; he also liked her ideas she gave him, even if he didn't admit it. She was the one who told him to cross the country on his motorcycle to get ideas for his next novel, which brought him to Desperation in the first place. Then he goes against his better judgment and decides not to listen to what Terry would tell him, and urinates in the desert. A cop, Collie, sees him and takes him to the jail where he meets the rest of the last people in the now ghost town, Deperation. The Cop has killed everyone else in the town expet for the 5 in the jail cells located on the top floor of the jail.
In the beggining of the book, Johnny didn't like David, or any other person for that matter. He thought he was the greatest writer that ever lived and that everyone knew who he was. He was concieted and didn't care what people thought of him, because he thought that everyone worshipped him; that was all he cared about and/ or needed. For example, the novel reads, "...it was hard not to be moved by the man's artless enthusiasm, especially when it was directed at a subject which Johnny himself regarded with aspects, wonder, and yes, awe." In this excerpt, Johnny is talking to the cop, Collie, about himself, and the cop says he's a big fan of Johhny's work.
As the story starts to unfold, Johnny begins to change drastically. At the end of the book, he no longer thinks everyone knows him, mainly because no one in the group has heard of him, and he's no longer as conceited. He cares about the group as a whole and knows that his life lays in the hands of an 11 year old boy, David. He begins to like David and even begins to believe in David's God. For example, in the book, David asks Johnny if he believes God is with him and inside him now. "'Yes,' Johnny said." Later in the book, "God protect me long enough to get this done.", Johnny starts to pray and believe in God with his whole heart. Johnny realizes that it was his fault that his marriage didn't work and he promises himself that if he lives, he'll call Terry and tell her how he feels. Also at the end of the book, responsibility changes. Johnny sees that David can handle more than most adults and he knows that no child should have to live that way. He decides to take the pain from David and help the others as best he can. He succeeds, because in the end it's Johnny, not David, that sves the others' lives.
There is also a movie "Desperation" that came out within the last year. It is a remake of the original that was only aired on television. I encourage those people that like Stephen King or people that like scary movies to see it. It has both the main characters in it almost as I described them from the book.
David Carver is the son of Ralph and Ellen Carver and the big brother of Kirsten (Pie) Carver. He is 11 years old and a strong believer in God; he can talk to God at any time he wishes. He likes to be called David, but he would answer to Davey; he absolutely hates to be called Dave. David is skinny and intelligent for his age with bright blue eys. He had almost lost his best friend, Brian, due to a hit and run, when he began to believe in God, and put his full trust in God to heal Brian. His friend gets healed and so David keeps putting all of his trust in God. An example of David's trust is on pages 221- 224 when David's God tells him to soap down his body and squeeze through the jail cell bars. David trusts God, even though there is a coyote watching over the cells making sure they don't escape.
In the beginning, David is scared and emotionally unstable. He is terrified for his life and wonders if he'll ever make it out of Depperation in one piece. "He felt suddenly weak with horror. And vulnerable. How he could feel more vulnerable than..." David is still a kid at heart and depends on those around him to help him with everything he doesn't yet understand. He loves his family more than anything and has a strong connection to his little siste, whom he calls Pie. He feels that nothing can take his family away from him and so he doesn't look out for dangers that lurk nearby. He cradles up to the strength of his peers in hopes that they will protect him. He thinks that he is still too little to do things on his own and be able to understand what he, himself, is going through.
During the course of the novel, David begins to change. He matures much more than most people ever will in their life times. He no longer needs emotional support from his peers and he becomes the group's leader after he helps them escape from the jail. "'We do what God tells us,' David said, 'That's the plan. Come on.' ...It was David who led..." He has seen much more than most boys his age and, emotionally, he has aged thirty years.( For example, he watched his little sister, mother, and father get murdered by the cop, Collie Entragian, and had to kill a Coyote by himself. He has seen more than a dozen dead people and watched more than a dozen die.) He helps lead the group to safe spots and keep them protected and he no longer feels scared and terrified for his life. He believes more than ever in God and that He has a plan for his life, but no matter what that plan brings, it will end in all being good in the world. "God is love."
John Marinville is an author; he writes essays and novels, many of which, were published in magazines around the world. He was married three times, but it is his first wife, Terry, that he remembers most. That memory helps him live, because he thinks about what she would be telling him to do. He marrried Terry when he was 25 and they got along great for a while. They were married for 20 years and had 3 children together. For five years after they divorced, they didn't talk at all, but after a while, they decided that they were being selfish and they started talking again and being kind towards one another. He's still in love with his wife as you can tell in the text on page 73. "...she also spoke to him with a straight forward kindness that he found soothing, like a cool hand on a hot brow." He likes to call her and talk to her; he also liked her ideas she gave him, even if he didn't admit it. She was the one who told him to cross the country on his motorcycle to get ideas for his next novel, which brought him to Desperation in the first place. Then he goes against his better judgment and decides not to listen to what Terry would tell him, and urinates in the desert. A cop, Collie, sees him and takes him to the jail where he meets the rest of the last people in the now ghost town, Deperation. The Cop has killed everyone else in the town expet for the 5 in the jail cells located on the top floor of the jail.
In the beggining of the book, Johnny didn't like David, or any other person for that matter. He thought he was the greatest writer that ever lived and that everyone knew who he was. He was concieted and didn't care what people thought of him, because he thought that everyone worshipped him; that was all he cared about and/ or needed. For example, the novel reads, "...it was hard not to be moved by the man's artless enthusiasm, especially when it was directed at a subject which Johnny himself regarded with aspects, wonder, and yes, awe." In this excerpt, Johnny is talking to the cop, Collie, about himself, and the cop says he's a big fan of Johhny's work.
As the story starts to unfold, Johnny begins to change drastically. At the end of the book, he no longer thinks everyone knows him, mainly because no one in the group has heard of him, and he's no longer as conceited. He cares about the group as a whole and knows that his life lays in the hands of an 11 year old boy, David. He begins to like David and even begins to believe in David's God. For example, in the book, David asks Johnny if he believes God is with him and inside him now. "'Yes,' Johnny said." Later in the book, "God protect me long enough to get this done.", Johnny starts to pray and believe in God with his whole heart. Johnny realizes that it was his fault that his marriage didn't work and he promises himself that if he lives, he'll call Terry and tell her how he feels. Also at the end of the book, responsibility changes. Johnny sees that David can handle more than most adults and he knows that no child should have to live that way. He decides to take the pain from David and help the others as best he can. He succeeds, because in the end it's Johnny, not David, that sves the others' lives.
There is also a movie "Desperation" that came out within the last year. It is a remake of the original that was only aired on television. I encourage those people that like Stephen King or people that like scary movies to see it. It has both the main characters in it almost as I described them from the book.